Report on First Quarter 2000 Operations for the ICA Group

Report on First Quarter 2000* Operations for the ICA Group. Partnership with Ahold established. Increased sales in the Swedish ICA- stores. * Store sales in Sweden increased by 3.0 % in Q1, January-March, and 4.3 % for the period January-April * Earnings before interest and taxes increased by 5 % to MSEK 326 * Earnings before taxes decreased to MSEK 265 * The partnership with Ahold established in April; ICA Ahold Holding AB owns 99 % of ICA AB ------------------------------------------------------------ Please visit http://www.bit.se for further information The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/07/20000607BIT00600/bit0001.doc The full report http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2000/06/07/20000607BIT00600/bit0002.pdf The full report